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Kent fire service plans biggest shake-up in more than a decade
Five on-call stations at risk, plus Margate town council plans, storm overflows in Thanet, some very old naming, and custard pies
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Kent’s town centres are searching for a new purpose
Declining retail forces towns to look elsewhere, plus Bluewater facing bus cuts, South East Water payouts and subsidence risks
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The taps are back on, but trust has not returned
Water company failures, housing rows, Broadstairs disorder, Amazon robots mark another week in Kent
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How Kent got stuck with Britain’s border problem
Operation Brock was meant to keep Kent moving. Years later, it has become a recurring reminder that nobody has found a better way to do this.
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Kent’s housing market is splitting in two
Rents rise while house prices stall, lingering water outages and the week’s other Kent stories
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How many times can Kent’s water system fail the same test?
South East Water says it planned for the heat. Thousands of Kent households still lost supply.
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Kent’s water failures return with the heat
Plus border queues, a restored synagogue, Dreamland scrutiny and the week’s other Kent stories
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What has gone wrong at East Kent Hospitals?
A hospital trust in trouble, KCC chooses prayers over water, and a very good video about one very broken road
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A flood forced residents out, but the warning signs go back years
A Maidstone tower block evacuation, plus Reform at County Hall, bank holiday traffic and more water woes
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Less scrutiny, but more prayers and singing
Kent’s council chamber gets more performative as Gormley sale raises fresh questions and Kent MPs choose sides over Starmer
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South East Water boss resigns after Kent’s winter water failures
Plus empty car parks, patriotic singalongs, sewage schemes and the rest of the week across Kent
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Tunbridge Wells doubles down on the Lib Dems
A borough once painted blue now looks increasingly orange